The Rams snapped a six-match losing streak with the win and improved to 5-11 overall. Howard is 1-15.

For the second time this season, VCU held an opponent to a negative hitting percentage. The Bison had just 20 kills and committed 22 hitting errors in the match on the way to hitting -.024. The Rams limited North Carolina A&T to a -.095 mark on Sept. 10. After hitting .261 in the first set, the Bison recorded -.214 and -.065 hitting percentages in the second and third frames, respectively.

Hott also added seven blocks, including two solos, to a VCU front line that outblocked Howard, 11.5 to 1.0. It's the most blocks by VCU in a three-set match this season. Boyd was credited with four blocks, while junior Jasmine Waters (Landover, Md.) and freshman Janelle Sykes (Clifton, Va.) collected three apiece.

Sykes, meanwhile, saw her most extensive action in a Rams' uniform, providing four kills in nine swings, in addition to her work at the net.